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Research profile

Work and research priorities in the research areas of bioeconomy, materials sciences and optical technologies:

• Sustainable materials
• Photodegradation
• Polymers from renewable raw materials
• Material characterisation, instrumental analysis
• Materials for optical components
• Solid State Lighting (LED, OLED)
• Luminescent materials

Head of the working group Sustainable Materials for Optical Technologies.

Research projects

• Renewable Raw Materials for Optical Components - NAROK
• PALOM-A (Polylactide as Optical Material, Application)
• Microcharacterisation
• ASSIST (Actuator-based systems for a self-adjusting intelligent headlamp technology)
• AR/VR.nrw - Augmented and Virtual Reality in University Teaching
• Polylactide as a high-tech material for optical components of a luminaire - Renew-Opt
• Analytics for Volatiles from Polymers (AVP)
• Polylactide as a sustainable optical material (PLANOM)

Service offer

• Development of sustainable materials
• Evaluation of optical materials
• Characterisation of luminaires and lamps

Other competences

• Member of the board of the Public Private Partnership L-LAB (University of Paderborn / HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co. / University of Applied Sciences Hamm-Lippstadt), Co-operation with the LLAB of Hella KGaA Hueck & Co and the University of Paderborn
• Professorial member of the Resources Department of the Doctoral College NRW (PK NRW)
• Local representative for Lippstadt, Lichttechnische Gesellschaft des Ruhrgebietes e.V.
• Reviewer activity:
  Reviewer for the DFG programme "Großgeräte der Länder”
  Reviewer for the Agency for Renewable Resources (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V.)
  Reviewer for the German Academic Exchange Service
  Reviewer for the Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Innovation
  Reviewer for scientific journals
• Member of associations:
  Light Technology Society of the Ruhr Area (LTGR)
  German Chemical Society (GDCh)
  German Society for Materials Science (DGM)
  German Society for Chemistry and Plant Engineering DECHEMA

Previous employers/references

• Philips Technologie GmbH Research Laboratories Aachen
• Münster University
• University of Edinburgh
• Numerous international patents and patent applications